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LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE
BILL
NO.
572
BY
STATE
AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
THE
PEDIATRIC
SECRETIVE
TRANSITIONS
PARENTAL
RIGHTS
ACT;
AMEND
-
2
ING
CHAPTER
10,
TITLE
32,
IDAHO
CODE,
BY
THE
ADDITION
OF
A
NEW
SECTION
3
32
-
1016,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
PROVIDE
A
SHORT
TITLE,
TO
PROVIDE
LEGISLATIVE
4
FINDINGS
AND
INTENT,
TO
DEFINE
TERMS,
TO
ESTABLISH
PROVISIONS
REGARDING
5
CERTAIN
PROHIBITED
ACTS,
TO
PROVIDE
FOR
CIVIL
ACTIONS,
AND
TO
PROVIDE
6
FOR
ATTORNEY
GENERAL
ENFORCEMENT;
PROVIDING
SEVERABILITY;
AND
DECLAR
-
7
ING
AN
EMERGENCY
AND
PROVIDING
AN
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
8
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
9
SECTION
1.
That
Chapter
10,
Title
32,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
10
hereby
amended
by
the
addition
thereto
of
a
NEW
SECTION
,
to
be
known
and
des
-
1
1
ignated
as
Section
32
-
1016,
Idaho
Code,
and
to
read
as
follows:
12
32
-
1016.
PEDIATRIC
SECRETIVE
TRANSITIONS
PARENTAL
RIGHTS
ACT.
(1)
13
This
section
shall
be
known
and
may
be
cited
as
the
"Pediatric
Secretive
14
Transitions
Parental
Rights
Act."
15
(2)
The
legislature
finds
that:
16
(a)
Parents
have
a
fundamental
right
to
raise
their
children
and
make
17
medical
and
educational
decisions
on
their
behalf;
18
(b)
Medical
and
social
sex
transitions
can
inflict
severe
and
irre
-
19
versible
harm
to
a
child's
well
-
being;
and
20
(c)
It
is
undoubtedly
a
parental
purview
and
prerogative
to
have
knowl
-
21
edge
of,
and
the
authority
to
deny,
a
child's
efforts
at
sex
transition
22
procedures
or
social
transitions.
23
(3)
It
is
the
intent
of
the
legislature
to
prohibit
any
health
care
24
provider,
educational
institution,
or
mandated
reporter
of
child
neglect
25
or
abuse
from
facilitating
a
pediatric
sex
transition
or
social
transition
26
without
informing
and
obtaining
informed
consent
from
a
minor
child's
par
-
27
ents
or
guardians.
28
(4)
As
used
in
this
section:
29
(a)
"Aggrieved
person"
means
the
parent
or
guardian
of
a
child
sub
-
30
jected
to
social
transition
or
sex
transition
procedures.
31
(b)
"Child"
means
an
individual
who
is
less
than
eighteen
(18)
years
of
32
age
and
who
is
not
married
or
legally
emancipated.
33
(c)
"Covered
entity"
means
a
mandated
reporter
of
child
abuse
or
34
neglect
pursuant
to
state
law,
a
primary
or
secondary
educational
in
-
35
stitution,
a
child
care
provider,
or
a
medical,
behavioral,
or
mental
36
health
care
provider.
37
(d)(i)
"Sex
transition
procedure"
means
engaging
in
any
one
(1)
38
or
more
of
the
following
for
the
purpose
of:
(i)
intentionally
de
-
39
laying,
halting,
or
disrupting
the
natural
development
of
an
in
-
40
dividual's
body,
including
the
onset
or
progression
of
puberty,
so
41
that
it
does
not
develop
or
halts
developing
to
correspond
to
the
42
2
individual's
sex;
or
(ii)
intentionally
changing
an
individual's
1
body,
including
the
individual's
external
appearance
or
biologi
-
2
cal
functions,
to
no
longer
correspond
to
the
individual's
sex:
3
1.
The
use
of
puberty
blockers,
including
gonadotropin
re
-
4
leasing
hormone
agonists
and
antagonists;
5
2.
The
use
of
sex
hormones,
such
as
androgen
blockers,
es
-
6
trogen,
anti
-
estrogen,
progesterone,
testosterone,
or
di
-
7
hydrotestosterone
blockers;
or
8
3.
Surgical
procedures
that
attempt
to
transform
an
indi
-
9
vidual's
physical
appearance
or
that
attempt
to
alter
or
re
-
10
move
an
individual's
sexual
organs.
1
1
(ii)
"Sex
transition
procedure"
does
not
include:
12
1.
Appropriate
and
medically
necessary
procedures
to
treat
13
a
verifiable
disorder
of
sexual
development,
including
an
14
individual
born
with
forty
-
six
(46)
XX
chromosomes
with
vir
-
15
ilization,
an
individual
born
with
forty
-
six
(46)
XY
chromo
-
16
somes
with
undervirilization,
or
an
individual
having
both
17
ovarian
and
testicular
tissue;
18
2.
The
treatment
of
any
infection,
injury,
disease,
or
dis
-
19
order
that
has
been
caused
or
exacerbated
by
the
performance
20
of
an
intervention
described
in
paragraph
(d)(i)
of
this
21
section
without
regard
to
whether
the
intervention
was
per
-
22
formed
in
accordance
with
state
or
federal
law;
or
23
3.
Any
intervention
undertaken
because
an
individual
suf
-
24
fers
from
any
diagnosed
and
verifiable
condition
of
the
25
body's
organ
systems,
including
traumatic
bodily
injuries,
26
congenital
structural
anomalies
of
major
organs
or
systems,
27
or
acute
illnesses
with
a
high
probability
of
rapid
mortal
-
28
ity.
29
(e)
"Social
transition"
means
the
nonmedical
process
by
which
an
in
-
30
dividual
adopts
a
name,
pronouns,
appearance,
or
mannerisms
associated
31
with
a
gender
other
than
from
such
individual's
biological
sex.
32
(5)
A
covered
entity
shall
not
withhold
information
from
a
child's
par
-
33
ent
or
guardian
related
to
the
parent's
child's
expressed
interest
in
or
de
-
34
sire
for
sex
transition
procedures.
35
(6)
A
covered
entity
shall
not
facilitate
or
contribute
to
a
child's
ef
-
36
forts
to
obtain
sex
transition
procedures
without
the
express
written
con
-
37
sent
of
such
child's
parent
or
guardian.
38
(7)
An
aggrieved
person
may
commence
an
action
at
law
or
equity
in
a
39
court
of
competent
jurisdiction
against
a
covered
entity
for
violations
of
40
this
section.
41
(8)
If
an
aggrieved
person
proves
that
a
covered
entity
violated
the
42
provisions
of
this
section,
such
aggrieved
person
is
entitled
to
recover:
43
(a)
Declaratory
relief;
44
(b)
Injunctive
relief;
45
(c)
Statutory
damages
of
not
less
than
fifty
thousand
dollars
($50,000)
46
assessed
against
the
covered
entity
found
by
a
court
or
jury
to
have
vio
-
47
lated
this
section;
48
(d)
Compensatory
damages;
and
49
(e)
Reasonable
costs
and
attorney's
fees.
50
3
(9)
The
attorney
general
shall
have
the
authority
to
investigate
alle
-
1
gations
of
violations
of
this
section.
2
(10)
In
addition
to
any
relief
granted
to
aggrieved
persons
under
a
3
civil
action,
the
attorney
general
may
seek
civil
penalties
of
up
to
one
hun
-
4
dred
thousand
dollars
($100,000)
against
a
covered
entity
for
violation
of
5
this
section.
Such
civil
penalties
shall
be
deposited
in
the
state
general
6
fund.
7
(11)
The
attorney
general
may
file
suit
for
a
writ
of
mandamus
com
-
8
pelling
covered
entities
to
comply
with
the
provisions
of
this
section.
9
SECTION
2.
SEVERABILITY.
The
provisions
of
this
act
are
hereby
declared
10
to
be
severable
and
if
any
provision
of
this
act
or
the
application
of
such
1
1
provision
to
any
person
or
circumstance
is
declared
invalid
for
any
reason,
12
such
declaration
shall
not
affect
the
validity
of
the
remaining
portions
of
13
this
act.
14
SECTION
3.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
15
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
16
July
1,
2026.
17